Really a matter of concern in a democratic country like India. Its most autocratic method of operation that too where 4th pillar of demaocracy stands
Regards Satyen On 8 October 2013 12:00, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send assam mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of assam digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Death of a news channel (Nava Thakuria) > 2. Re: Death of a news channel (Manoj Kumar Das) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 06:37:45 -0700 (PDT) > From: Nava Thakuria <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Assam] Death of a news channel > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Death of a news channel > > There is sad news for television viewers in Assam. On 1 October, the > management of Prime News, a Guwahati-based 24x7 privately-owned TV channel, > notified its employees that it had decided to shut down because of heavy > losses. The decision comes as a jolt to the Assam media fraternity because > only last April the Seven Sisters? Post, an English daily, and Sakalbela, a > Bengali daily with its prime edition in Kolkata, had stopped publication. > Prime News was started by a chit fund company called Jeevan Surakhya Group > about three years ago. The two dailies were launched by the now-collapsed > Saradha Group of Companies. > Recently, Prime News (http://www.primenews. com) was taken over by > Brahmaputra Infrastructure (Pvt) Ltd. It engaged over 170 ?direct? > employees, including journalists, and another 100 ?partial? or ?indirect > employees? across Assam. > > http://thestatesman.net/news/18657-death-of-a-news-channel.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 20:05:55 +0530 > From: Manoj Kumar Das <[email protected]> > To: Nava Thakuria <[email protected]>, A Mailing list for people > interested in Assam from around the world < > [email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Assam] Death of a news channel > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Very sad indeed. > > Surprisingly one expected a deep pocketed group like BI to run it > profitably after the regular gestative periods, which in case of TV > channels is long. > > Feel sorry for the large group of media persons suddenly rendered jobless. > > MKDas > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 07-Oct-2013, at 7:07 PM, Nava Thakuria <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Death of a news channel > > > > There is sad news for television viewers in Assam. On 1 October, the > management of Prime News, a Guwahati-based 24x7 privately-owned TV channel, > notified its employees that it had decided to shut down because of heavy > losses. The decision comes as a jolt to the Assam media fraternity because > only last April the Seven Sisters? Post, an English daily, and Sakalbela, a > Bengali daily with its prime edition in Kolkata, had stopped publication. > Prime News was started by a chit fund company called Jeevan Surakhya Group > about three years ago. The two dailies were launched by the now-collapsed > Saradha Group of Companies. > > Recently, Prime News (http://www.primenews. com) was taken over by > Brahmaputra Infrastructure (Pvt) Ltd. It engaged over 170 ?direct? > employees, including journalists, and another 100 ?partial? or ?indirect > employees? across Assam. > > > > http://thestatesman.net/news/18657-death-of-a-news-channel.html > > _______________________________________________ > > assam mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > ------------------------------ > > End of assam Digest, Vol 99, Issue 6 > ************************************ > -- *Satyen Mahanta * _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
